"Is it done enough? If so, let's go back." Zhu Shunyo looked around and knew it was sufficient. Knowing that Zhu Jinfu and the others were in no real danger, he deliberately walked up and punched each of them twice, then clapped his hands to signal they could leave.
The three of them had arrived unnoticed, and they left just as quietly. Back home, they were still in high spirits, each eating a bowl of rice balls before happily going to their rooms to sleep.
Having finished their beating, they had no interest in what happened next. When Zhu Jinfu and the others woke up early the next morning, they were all shocked to see each other’s condition.
They had gone to bed fine the night before, but woke up like this. They had been beaten, yet they had no memory of it at all.
How had this person done it? Even if they weren't experts, they knew some martial arts. Yet, they hadn't noticed anyone entering. Could the person who beat them not even be human?
"If I find out who did this, I will never forgive him," Zhu Zhishang said, his face full of anger.
Zhu Jianyao glared at his son. "Saying this now is not important. What matters is finding out who did it. Let's ask if anyone else ended up like us yesterday." He didn't even dare to look in the mirror. It was too terrifying. Worse still, the attacker had aimed directly for their faces. It was too much.
They hurried to call the waiter. The waiter was also startled to see the five of them had changed so much overnight. "What happened to you?"
"What happened? I want to know too. We stayed in your inn and ended up like this. Shouldn't your inn give an explanation?" Zhu Jianyao said directly.
The waiter firmly denied any problem with the inn. "This inn hasn't just opened yesterday. It has been open for over ten years, and this has never happened before. Maybe you got beaten somewhere else and are now trying to blame us?"
The waiter would never admit to poor service, or he would lose his job. "Besides, I was on duty last night, and I didn't see anyone come."
"How could no one have come? You must have remembered wrong," Zhu Zhishang said dissatisfied.
"Absolutely no one came. It is the New Year, and there are few people here. Only your three rooms are occupied on this floor. If someone else had come, would I not remember?" the waiter argued back.
"Anyway, our current state is your inn's fault. You must give us an answer," Zhu Jianyao insisted.
Seeing that he could not handle the situation, the waiter said, "I will go find the boss." He hurried off to get the boss.
Soon, the boss arrived. Looking at their condition, he also seemed innocent. "I have run this inn for nearly ten years, and I have never encountered such a thing. You ask me, but I don't know what happened to you either."
"Regardless, as the boss, and us as your customers, since we ended up like this, shouldn't you take responsibility?" Zhu Jianyao said directly.
The boss did not shirk responsibility. "How about we call the police?" In matters where both sides have their own reasons, and given the waiter's reaction that no one had come last night, calling the police seemed to be the only option.
There seemed to be no other way. Fortunately, the local police were quite responsible and arrived quickly to investigate.
"Did you offend anyone?" the police officer asked after seeing their shocking faces.
Experienced people knew that ordinary fights rarely involve hitting the face. Hitting the face usually meant someone held a grudge against you.
"We came here to visit relatives. Visiting relatives during the New Year is very common. Moreover, we are from Zhu City, so it is impossible for us to have offended anyone here," Zhu Jianyao said directly.
Zhu Zhishang added, "How is that? What about Zhu Shunyo's family?"
"Zhu Shunyo?" The police officer paused slightly. "You mean the famous agricultural entrepreneur Zhu Shunyo from here?"
"Yes, that's him," Zhu Zhishang said seriously.
"I don't know what grudge or hatred you have with him. Please explain in detail so we can question Comrade Zhu Shunyo," the police officer asked patiently.
Zhu Zhishang said directly, "How would I know what grudge we have with him? He just doesn't like us."
(⊙o⊙)… This reason was strong, but the police could not accept it. So, they silently looked at Zhu Zhishang. After a while, the officer spoke slowly, "Young comrade, now that you have called the police, we are asking questions according to procedure to better catch the real culprit. If you cannot tell the truth, even if we want to help, we cannot."
"Sorry, police comrade. My son is a bit impulsive," Zhu Jianyao felt his son was really causing trouble. However, offending the police at this moment would be absolutely irrational. He did not want to offend them, so he spoke carefully:
"To be honest, police officer, as I just said, we are from Zhu City. We came here to visit the Zhu family in Gangan Village. We are somewhat related to the Zhu family in Gangan Village.
However, we had a small friction with Zhu Shunyo's family. Actually, it wasn't a big deal."
Zhu Jianyao could only vaguely explain the situation. But this explanation was subtle. What small friction? Relatives visiting each other, but only having friction with Zhu Shunyo's family? What did this imply? It implied that Zhu Shunyo's family was suspicious. This was a very clever way to sow discord.
The police naturally did not believe that someone would beat them up just for a simple friction. But this doubt could only remain in their hearts. Then he said, "Did you hear any noise last night?"
"No," Zhu Jianyao said helplessly. "We were busy visiting relatives during the day, so we drank quite a bit. Probably because of the alcohol, we slept very deeply."
"Did you lock your doors?" the police officer continued to ask.
"We locked them. You can ask the waiter about this," Zhu Jianyao said quickly.
The police officer really asked the waiter nearby. "Were you on duty last night?"
"Yes," the waiter nodded seriously. "I was on duty last night."
"Did you see anything yesterday?" the police officer asked.
The waiter shook his head. "Although I was on duty, because it was the New Year, only their three rooms on this floor were occupied. Other guests did not stay here."